Parents & Teachers: Book Summary, "Take Charge of Your Child's Sleep"

Take Charge of Your Child's Sleep: The All-in-One Resource for Solving Sleep Problems in Kids and Teens (2005)

By: Judith A. Owens & Jodi A. Mindell

This book is a comprehensive guide to all childhood sleep problems including: difficulty falling asleep, sleepwalking, sleep apnea, and narcolepsy. The authors are experts in pediatric sleep problems. They offer age-specific recommendations for each problem, and cover ages from infancy through high school. This book will help parents recognize, evaluate, and prevent their child's sleep problems for all phases of their development.

About the Authors

Judith A. Owens, M.D., a developmental-behavioral pediatrician, is the director of the Pediatric Sleep Disorders Clinic and the Learning, Attention, and Behavior Clinic at Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, RI.

Jodi A. Mindell, PH.D., author of Sleeping Through the Night: How Infants, Toddlers, and Their Parents Can Get a Good Night's Sleep, is the associate director of the Sleep Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and professor of psychology at Saint Joseph's University.